Bangkok University

Bangkok University is a private non-profit university in Thailand, founded in 1962 as the Thai Polytechnic Institute by Surat Osathanugrah. It became Bangkok College in 1965 and gained university status in 1970, and today it teaches on two sites: the main campus in Khlong Luang, Pathum Thani, and the city campus in Khlong Toei, Bangkok, which stopped holding classes in 2022.

The university presents itself as “the creative university” and is known for its communication arts, design and business programmes, with an international college teaching in English and roughly 28,000 students enrolled; on its own account it ranks as Thailand’s leading private university in the QS Asia 2026 rankings. Its product design course trained graduates such as Mooque Sarunphon Boonto, whose furniture work for the Thai manufacturer Corner43 Decor grew out of a DesignPlant initiative pairing young designers with local craftsmanship.